How to watch Garma on NITV

The Annual Garma Festival is around the corner and here's how you can stay up to date with all the happenings of 21st Garma Festival on NITV.

Professor Marcia Langton and Gumatj elder Galarrwuy Yunupingu at the Garma Festival in 2018. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) Source: AAP/Mick Tsikas

What is Garma & Why is it important?

The Annual Garma Festival is Australia's leading culture exchange event and is hosted by the Yothu Yindi Foundation (YYF). Each August, the Garma Festival celebrates the cultural, artistic and ceremonial traditions of the Yolngu people.

The Yothu Yindi Foundation has identified three primary objectives to drive the achievement of its vision financially, physically and culturally sustainable Indigenous Australians.

On average around 2,500 guests attend from across the nation and are immersed in the rich cultural heritage of the Yolngu hosts, experiencing miny'tji (art), manikay (song), bunggul (dance) and ancient story-telling. This year Garma celebrates in 21st festival and will be held on Gumatj Country in Gulkula in Arnhem Land

Gumatj clan dancers perform in a Bunggul at Garma Festival in 2017. (AAP Image/Lucy Hughes Jones) Source: AAP/Lucy Hughes Jones

Local Yolngu women elders celebrate as they cut a cake to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Garma Festival. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) Source: AAP/Mick Tsikas

How to watch Garma on NITV

Friday 2 August

3pm-3.30pm: NITV News Nula live from Garma available on NITV, SBS and Facebook Live.

4pm-6pm: Opening Ceremony live on NITV and Facebook Live.

Garma Day 1 Highlights on Facebook.

 

Saturday 3 August

5pm-5.30pm: Garma Day 2 Highlights on NITV. Also available on Facebook.

7.30pm-8pm: Garma Day 2 Highlights Repeat on NITV.

 

Sunday 4 August

5pm-5.30pm: Garma Day 3 Highlights on NITV. Also available on Facebook.

7.30pm-8pm: Garma Day 3 Highlights Repeat on NITV.

 

Monday 5 August

5pm-5.30pm: Garma Day Wrap on NITV. Also available on Facebook.

7.30pm-8pm: Garma Day Wrap Repeat on NITV.